Books | Ear Training

Intended for classroom instruction and combining a proven technique with an effective and easy-to-use supplements package, Ear Training: A Technique for Listening is the ideal text for college aural skills courses. Students find that the logical progression of skills enables them to build gradually to full proficiency while ensuring that material they learn early in the course remains fresh. Instructors appreciate the flexibility of the EarTraining package which allows the text to be used in a lab-based course, in a instructor-guided setting, or in a course that combines the two. The structure of the text also allows students to proceed at their own pace through the material — lingering on sections that prove difficult or advancing through sections that come easily.

In the general population, Perfect Pitch is rare. But the further up the musical ladder you climb, the more commonplace the ability becomes. For example, at the Julliard School of Music you'll find about 10% of the students with PerfectÂ Pitch. A typical symphony orchestra will boast 20-40% of its membership with PerfectÂ Pitch. Surveys indicate that half of today's most popular recording artists have PerfectÂ Pitch, rising to 87% for top concert performers.

Professionals rate a good sense of pitch as the most valuable element of musicianship -- higher than any other essential, including good rhythm, technical facility, accurate memory, intensity discrimination, and creativity. Even with years of formal training and the finest instrument, one's success and enjoyment always hinges on one's ability to hear.

+ recognize EXACT tones and chords -- BY EAR! + sing correct tones -- without a starting pitch + play songs by ear after listening to them + compose music in your head + perform with confidence, increase your powers of memory + sight-read and sight-sing with precision + enjoy richer perception, finer music appreciation

The proof? You will actually hear for yourself -- with YOUR OWN EARS!

It's a curious experience the first time you can tell that a vocalist hit a high C, or when an ensemble has drifted flat -- just by listening with your own ears. Singers find PerfectÂ Pitch invaluable for sight singing, locating obscure pitches, singing in tune, and producing a correct pitch out of thinÂ air.

Glancing at a page of sheet music, others may see only black dots. But with PerfectÂ Pitch, you can mentally hear how each pitch sounds.

Listening to music, you can hear that a piece is in the key of GÂ major, and you can follow the chords by ear: Â EÂ minor, AÂ major, DÂ dominant seven, etc. -- a vital tool to zero in on voice lines within layers of melody and harmony.

When you know each pitch by ear, musical tones become yours to command. For example, if you want to play by ear, your ear does the work for you -- instead of searching for desired tones byÂ hand.

Do you ever have a new melody or new chord sequence come to your mind, unexpected, in a flash of inspiration? When your ear can identify tones with Perfect Pitch, you can take that music out of your head simply by listening to your "innerÂ radio."

PerfectÂ Pitch (known in scholarly circles as "absolute pitch") also adds a higher aesthetic appreciation. Acoustical psychologist A. Bachem found that "particular characteristics of certain keys, e.g., the brilliancy of A major, the softness of D flat major, can only be appreciated fully through absolute pitch." This richness of sound extends even beyond the musical sphere into day-to-day living. For example, as your ear becomes more alert, you suddenly find that you can easily recognize voices on the phone, or quickly pick up languages andÂ foreign accents.

Music is a hearing art. When you develop your ear, you touch everything in music. Every possible avenue of skill and talent is ultimately linked to your ear.

Imagine the talents your Perfect Pitch can open for YOU -- to advance your playing, your singing, your own creativity and confidence. But then again -- how will you ever know until you experience Perfect Pitch for yourself?

Donât wait and wonder. Order your own Perfect Pitch Ear-Training SuperCourse -- a lifetime gift of music to yourself. Do it now -- and hear it with your own ears!

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Theory & Ear Training PartyÃ books correlate with their respective level Piano Party books. They provide reinforcement of the concepts presented in Piano Party, especially through listening and writing plus improvising and composing activities. Students learn through sequential games and exercises designed to hold their interest.

Book D expands reading to positions in D, A, E (Group 2); D-flat, A-flat, E-flat (Group 3); and G-flat, B-flat, and B (Group 4). Flats and sharps, more dynamic markings, and key signatures are presented. As in Book C, students are asked to write the counts in every piece indicated by the pencil icon.

Compared to dogs, all humans are hearing-challenged! But it takes more than sharp ears to be a hearing Dog. Mixed companion-breed dogs from shelters and rescues have proven themselves to be more talented for this career than any existing dog breed. When a curious, people-loving busybody of a mutt with a natural interest in sounds is trained and paired with the right human partner, wonderful things happen.

Martha explains: -The complex temperament of the perfect Hearing Dog -Testing methods to select shelter dogs for Hearing Dog potential -Dog-friendly training methods for teaching a dog to alert to sounds MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW Just as there are Seeing Eye' dogs that help the visually impaired, so that are Hearing Ear' dogs that aid the visually impaired. In Lend Me an Ear: Temperament, Selection and Training of the Hearing Ear Dog, author Martha Hoffman draws from her more than twenty-five years of experience as the training director for the Hearing Dog Program to write a 220 page compendium on how to select and train an effective hearing ear dog.

Offering thoroughly reader friendly' explanations of the complex temperament of the perfect Hearing Dog; texting methods to select shelter dogs for their Hearing Dog potential; as well as dog-friendly training methods for teaching a dog to be alert to sounds in behalf of their human companion, Lend Me an Ear: Temperament, Selection and Training of the Hearing Ear Dog can well be considered the bible' on the subject of this specialized animal companion. With the highest of recommendations, Lend Me an Ear: Temperament, Selection and Training of the Hearing Ear Dog should be part of every professional and community Pets/Wildlife instructional reference collection James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief

This oversized 20 pages softcover Guide Book also includes 2 CDs which are attached in plastic holders to the back inside cover, Disk 2 is opened and has apparently been used, while Disk 1 has not been opened. Also, included is a 4 page leaflet by Aebersold titled: "Ear Training Suggestions for Using the Chromatic Pitch Pipe."

Designed to provide students with multiple strategies for ear training and sight singing, Ear Training and Sight Singing is a comprehensive series of exercises and techniques in all areas of the practical music discipline. It encompasses aural identification and written transcriptions as well as vocal performance of prepared and sight material. Suitable for use in ear training and sight singing courses for a 4-semester university or college programme anywhere in North America, this introduction provides a clear, logical presentation of the material, beginning with basic elements and progressing carefully through a graduated series of exercises and assignments that guides and monitors student progress. Loaded with practice repertoire, exercises, and assignments, and supported by an audio CD and a wealth of online supplements, Ear Training and Sight Singing provides the ideal one-volume introduction to aural skills that is excellent for student review and study.

The Ear Training Books reinforce each concept presented in the Lesson Books and specifically focus on the training and development of the ear. Rhythmic, melodic and intervallic concepts are drilled throughout each book and each page is designed to be completed using approximately five minutes of the lesson time.

This is a real ear training method that presents in an organized fashion a collection of study concepts that help you develop a functional knowledge and physical sensitivity to progressions, tensions, scales, intervals, and melodies. With clear step-by-step instructions all concepts are demonstrated live in real time by the author on the enclosed CDs.